Osinachi Nwachukwu’s husband denies killing her

Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, says his wife took ill from November 2021.

Mr Nwachukwu said he first took her to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), later to Gwagwalada General Hospital, and then to National Hospital, where she finally died.

He, however, did not disclose the nature of her illness. Osinachi’s sister said the singer did not die of cancer as rumoured.

Nwachukwu, who has been accused by Osinachi’s famiy of assaulting her, was on Monday escorted into a police van stationed in front of the Lugbe police station in Abuja.

The police said they were driving him to their house to provide evidence of the hospitals he claimed to have taken Osinachi to for treatment, Premium Times reports.

Osinachi was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre. She came to limelight with her hit track ‘Ekwueme’.